Junk removal in Cottonwood Heights, Utah

Cottonwood Heights calls itself the city between the canyons, and the map backs it up: a ridge of neighborhoods between Big and Little Cottonwood Creeks, with both canyons opening at the east edge. Most of the houses went up in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, between Holladay and Murray to the north, Midvale to the west, and Sandy to the south. Basements and garages from that era, plus the aftermath of a big backyard project, are the usual calls.

Garbage and recycling come from the Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling District, which covers Cottonwood Heights along with Holladay and Millcreek. The district's answer to bulky waste is a once-a-year container you reserve for your driveway during a spring-to-September window, and an annual landfill voucher for a load you carry and unload yourself. Neither one takes freon appliances, and the voucher also skips mattresses and tires. Jeremy fills the gap: he carries the fridge out of the basement, the mattress down the stairs, and the deck boards out of the side yard, and quotes it all from a photo.

Where it goes: usable furniture and household goods to donation. Metal, appliances, and cardboard recycled where they can be. The real trash to the landfill. Paint, chemicals, and hazardous waste stay behind.

Typical Cottonwood Heights jobs: a garage cleanout in Colebrook or Crestwood, remodel leftovers from a finished basement near Fort Union Boulevard, a brush pile off Wasatch Boulevard in Danish Town, and the furniture from a downsizing move in the Old Mill area.

How the Seasonal Container Reservation Program works

• Qualifying residents get one temporary container a year for bulky household cleanup.
• Reservations are made online only, not by phone, because agreements must be completed first.
• Some cities are split into zones, and residents follow the zone printed on the postcard WFWRD mails before their area opens.
• In 2026 Cottonwood Heights had three zones; containers were delivered and serviced April 6 to 10 (Zone 1), April 13 to 17 (Zone 2) and April 20 to 27 (Zone 3).
• The container goes in the driveway, off the street and public sidewalks.
• If the driveway cannot be reached, the container is not delivered and the resident loses that year's container.
• The container is 8 ft wide by 10 ft long by 4 ft deep.
• WFWRD staff try to give residents up to 24 hours to use the container.
• Accepted: bulk household waste such as furniture, mattresses, and similar household materials.
• Yard waste is also accepted.
• Fridges and freezers are accepted only after a certified appliance professional tags them to show the freon has been removed.
• Tires of any size are not accepted.
• Hazardous materials are not accepted, including paint, oil, batteries, propane tanks, gasoline, antifreeze, pesticides, and solvents.
• Containers are for residents only; no commercial or construction dumping.
• Do not overload the container or leave waste on the ground around it.

Checked September 2026 against wfwrdutah.gov.

What Jeremy hauls in Cottonwood Heights

• Junk hauling & pickup
• Furniture removal
• Appliance removal
• Garage & basement cleanouts
• Yard waste & debris removal
• Renovation debris removal
• Mattress removal

Also in Cottonwood Heights

Prices work the same here as everywhere Jeremy goes: how Jeremy prices a junk removal job. Not sure something qualifies? Here is what Jeremy takes, and what he won't.

Also near Cottonwood Heights

Holladay, Sandy, Midvale, Murray, Millcreek, and the rest of the valley.